Bill Puts Fate To Juries Bill Puts Fate To Juries
Ohio House introduces a Kurfess plan to require juries to consider death in savage murders. House bills advance on university bonds for Miami University and a judicial salary reform. A constitutional amendment would set four year terms for state representatives. Senate notes Mechem turning 68 with birthday song.
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Art Parks
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
Charles F. Kurfess
R Wood
Kurfess
House
Senate
Miami University
D. O. Taber
R-Gallia
Ohio Highway Department
Ohio River
West Virginia
Marietta
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Ben-Gurion Stakes Political Future Over Lavon Affair
In Jerusalem Israeli leader David Ben-Gurion pressed to control outcomes in the Lavon affair amid a cabinet crisis. Lavon, former defense minister, faced accusations of a security mishap and was pushed from the cabinet after multiple investigations. A seven-member cabinet committee later cleared Lavon of blame.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Lavon
Ben-Gurion
Six Americans Sentenced to 30 Years in Cuba
Six American adventurers facing possible execution for conspiring against Fidel Castro were sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Cuban military tribunal. The verdict came three days after the trial, with Castro reportedly weighing the outcome.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Dionne enters two year novitiate at Little Franciscan Sisters
A Vonne Dionne, one of the quinTuplets, begins a two year novitiate at the convent of the Little Franciscan Sisters in Saint Paul, Quebec, marking a formal step toward religious life. The ceremony signals her commitment amid the local community.
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ST. Pau
No Flood Danger in Columbus Statewide Official Says
Ohio Natural Resources Director Herbert B. Eagon states Columbus is not at flood risk currently. He notes no imminent danger and urges routine caution in weather planning.
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Columbus
Ohio
Natural Resources
Herert B. Eagon
House Ready To Fight For Kennedy By Arbogast
The House backs Rayburn plan to enlarge the Rules Committee 217 to 212 in a party line win. Democrats gain 10-5 control, with Elliott and Sisk named as likely new members, while conservatives gain two GOP posts and retain influence on timetables and subject choices.
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Sam
Sam Rayburn
House
Rules Committee
Kennedy
Washington
Texas
Rayburn
White House
Carl Elliott
Alabama
B. F. Sisk
California
H. Allen Smith
Elmer J. Hoffman
Illinois
Katharine St. George
New York
Five Day Outlook for Southern and Central Ohio
Temperatures are expected to run 4 to 8 degrees below normal with highs near 37 to 40 and lows around 21 to 24. A colder spell comes Thursday and Friday, a warmer spell Saturday, then a turn to colder air by Monday. Snow is likely Thursday and again around Monday.
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Ohio
Chimp Ham Signals Go for Man in Space Flight
Cape Canaveral reports Ham the chimpanzee completes a successful 155 mile high mission aboard a Redstone rocket. The flight demonstrates feasibility of manned space work and boosts hopes for a 1961 American astronaut program despite Soviet lead in orbital goals.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Ham
Atlantic
U.S. Navy
Earth
Donner
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Pushbutton Minuteman Missile First Flight Tests
The Air Force launched a second generation Minuteman on its first test flight at 11 a.m. from Cape Canaveral. The 58 foot solid fuel rocket roared skyward toward a target in the south Atlantic as planners outline a rapid buildup to deploy 600 Minutemen by 1964 with 450 in western silos and the rest on rail train cars capable of surviving near misses. Defense planners foresee about 2000 Minutemen on station in time.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
United States
AIR Force
South Atlantic Ocean
Farm Leaders Hint Kennedy Farm Plan Should Build on Status
Democratic and Republican lawmakers who shape farm policy advised the Kennedy administration to build on existing farm programs. They saw little chance for sweeping or drastic proposals in Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Communist party leader Eugene Dennis dies at 55
Eugene Dennis national chairman of the Communist party in the United States died Tuesday at Mt. Sinai hospital. He was 55 and had led the party in recent years amid Cold War tensions and internal party activity. The report notes his position and death details.
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New York
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
United States
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Students Miss Class at Kent State After Power Failure
Night classes were canceled for about 1400 students at Kent State University on Tuesday due to a power outage.
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Kent
Kent State University
Democrats and Republicans split on House Rules expansion
Washington and Ohio lawmakers voted along party lines on the proposal to enlarge the House Rules Committee. Democrat Walter Moeller supported the measure while Republicans opposed it.
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Washington
Ohio
House Rules Committee
Walter Moeller
Samos II Satellite Circles Earth on Pioneer Imaging Mission
Samos II enters polar orbit from California on a mission to expand United States reconnaissance capabilities. The satellite, launched Tuesday, travels 300 to 350 miles above Earth every 95 minutes and may enable detailed photographs of any location. Signals reach stations at Vandenberg Oahu and Kodiak as the Air Force confirms orbital achievement.
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Point Arguelloa
Calif
United States
Earth
Air Force
Samos II
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Oahu
Hawaii
Kodiak
Alaska
Samos I
White Family Leaves School Controversy
The John N. Thompson family, linked to a white boycott at an integrated public school, left by train on Tuesday night with no disclosed destination, after calling WDSU-TV.
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New Orleans
John N. Thompson
Wdsu-Tv
Warming Trend Fails To Break River Ice
The Ohio River Valley warms yet ice remains thick on the river. Towboats continue to navigate slowly as the Cincinnati U S Engineers office notes heavy ice blockages along the river.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
The
U. S. Engineers
Lost and found ad prompts billfold return charm
Mrs Archie Stanley cancels a one time Lost ad after finding her billfold. The Messenger notes it is pleased to assist readers with want ads and invites readers to call LY 3 1242 to place lost item notices.
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Archie Stanley
Cuban Executioner Escapes Ohio Workhouse
Chief Maury C. Koblentz said records show Herman Frederick Marks known as The Butcher escaped from the Cuyahoga County workhouse in 1946 while serving a term for auto trespassing. At 39 he was an executioner early in Fidel Castro era and was arrested in New York last Friday for alleged illegal entry.
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London
Maury C. Koblentz
Division of Correction
Herman Frederick Marks
Cuyahoga County
Marks
Fidel Castro
Cuba
New York
New U.S. Education Chief Backs Federal Aid
Dr Sterling M. McMurrin, 47, named by President Kennedy as commissioner of education, succeeds Lawrence Derthick in the $20 000 a year post. He favors firm federal direction to keep schools on course and supports targeted federal aid without dictating local control.
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Washington
Sterling M. McMurrin
U. S
University of Utah
Kennedy
Lawrence G. Derthick
Kennedy seeks added revenues to balance potential spending rise
President Kennedy told Democratic leaders he will ask Congress for extra revenue to offset new spending that could unbalance the Eisenhower budget. He said Ike left a budget that requires an unexpected upturn in the economy and ordered advisers to review estimates showing revenues may fall about 5 billion dollars short of the 82.3 billion figure.
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Kennedy
Congress
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Cleveland
Young
Civil Defense
Pirate standoff delays liner docking near Recife
The Portuguese liner Santa Maria with rebel passengers paused before Recife to seek a new deal. President Quadros in Brasilia considered asylum for rebel leader Capt. Henrique Galvao as Gen. Humberto Delgado met in Recife. Galvao planned to unload and refuel but action remained undecided.
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Recife
Brazil
South Atlantic
U.S. Navy
Janio Quadros
Brasilia
Quadros
Henrique Galvao
Galvao
Portugal
Caracas
Venezuela
Antonio Salazar
Humberto Delgado
Salazar
Cattle Buyer Arrested for Murder in Pine City
Levi L. Henter, 60, known as a roving cattle buyer, was arrested in Georgia and charged with murdering an elderly man whose remains were found in the smoking ruins of Henter's remodeled Pine City home on January 18. Shotgun pellets were found in the body.
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Pine City
Minn
Levi L. Henter
John Doe
Henter
Georgia
Frigid East Choked By Ice Drought of Subzero Cold
The Hudson River froze over with ice as bitter subzero temperatures gripped New York Maine Massachusetts and most of New England. February first felt like the final days of January with record cold and widespread hardship.
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Associated Press
Hudson River
New York
Maine
Massachusetts
New England
Strike halts New York morning papers among deliverymen
A strike by deliverymen against wholesalers curtailed delivery today, stopping the six New York morning newspapers from reaching newsstands and delaying editions.
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New York
Jobless Lines May Give Way To New Law
State Rep. Thomas P. Gilmartin proposes a mail in weekly report for unemployment benefits to cut lines at state offices. He argues the present in person reporting is depressingly demeaning and would save costs while freeing BUC staff to pursue employment help.
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Columbus
Thomas P. Gilmartin
Youngstown
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Gilmartin
BUC
DiSalle seeks felony for gambling and vice conspiracies
Ohio Governor Michael V. DiSalle urged the legislature in a special message to make it a felony to conspire to violate Ohio gambling drug and prostitution laws. He said the crime overlord remains almost immune from law enforcement efforts.
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Columbus
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court Lets Water Order Stand for Canady
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld lower court orders directing Gallipolis city commissioners to restore water service at the Ronald K Canady residence upon payment of 15.03 instead of 67.25. The amount reflects charges due before Canady purchased the property from a prior owner who acquired it at a public sale.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Ronald K. Canady
Gallipolis
Canady
Young calls Civil Defense plan a billion-dollar boondoggle
Sen. Stephen M. Young declares the Civil Defense program a costly, foolish scheme. He cites a proposed 50 million dollar effort to install buzzers at power plants and homes, costing 250 million nationally, as an example of wasteful planning and confusing evacuation guidance.
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Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Senate
Young
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Congress
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